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Historical Event on 7/11/1973

India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
11/30/1998Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.